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The Pressure

Joseph Murphy

A banging emanates from within a vase; a menu
Froths and snorts; a button seethes.

The handle of a pan begins to roar.

At the edge of a curb, a muddy hatch swings open
Exposing a sluice.

I’ve tripped into it!

I’m pitching, head long, numb;
Rungs snap; bones
Splinter.

Then — nothing. Nothing.

Then — a sigh.

I wake, as if in another’s skin; part the curtain,
Turn the tap,
Drop a coin in the meter.

Walking swiftly, I draw strength
From evening’s smallest detail;
From the husk and seed
Of memory.

The beast, once again, lies trapped within the fabric.

Good enough for now.

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